rifle

ri·fle ¹  (rfl)

n.

1.

a. A firearm with a rifled bore, designed to be fired from the shoulder.

b. An artillery piece or naval gun with such spiral grooves.

2. rifles Troops armed with rifles.

tr.v. ri·fled, ri·fling, ri·fles

To cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, for example).

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[From rifle, to cut spiral grooves in, from French rifler, from Old French, to plunder, scratch; see rifle².]

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ri·fle ²  (rfl)

v. ri·fled, ri·fling, ri·fles

v.tr.

1. To search with intent to steal.

2. To ransack or plunder; pillage.

3. To rob: rifle a safe.

v.intr.

To search vigorously: rifling through my drawers to find matching socks.

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[Middle English riflen, to plunder, from Old French rifler, probably of Germanic origin.]

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rifler n.

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rifle ¹

Noun

1. a firearm having a long barrel with a spirally grooved interior, which gives the bullet a spinning motion and thus greater accuracy over a longer range

2. Rifles a unit of soldiers equipped with rifles: the Burma Rifles

Verb

[-fling, -fled]

to cut spiral grooves inside the barrel of (a gun) [Old French rifler to scratch]

rifled adj

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rifle ²

Verb

[-fling, -fled]

1. to search (a house or safe) and steal from it

2. to steal and carry off: he rifled whatever valuables he could lay his hands on [Old French rifler to plunder, scratch]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech carbine - light automatic rifle firearm, small-arm, piece - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" Garand, Garand rifle, M-1, M-1 rifle - a semiautomatic rifle pump action, slide action - action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round rifle butt - the butt end of a rifle precision rifle, sniper rifle - an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away Winchester - a shoulder rifle
Verb	1.	rifle - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, loot, plunder, strip take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" deplume, displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
	2.	rifle - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?" go search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

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rifle

verb 1. rummage, go, rake, fossick Austral., N.Z.

verb 2. ransack, rob, burgle, loot, strip, sack, gut, plunder, pillage, despoil

Translations

rifle [ˈraɪfl] n → rifle m; fusil m

vt → saquear

rifle through vt fus → saquear

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rifle [ˈraɪfl] n → fusil m (à canon rayé)

vt → vider, dévaliser

rifle through vt fus → fouiller dans

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rifle [ˈraɪfl] n (gun) → Gewehr nt

vt (wallet etc) → plündern

rifle through rifle vt fus (papers etc) → durchwühlen

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rifle [ˈraɪfl] n → carabina

vt → vuotare

rifle through vt fus → frugare

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rifle

n rifle [ˈraifl]

a gun with a long barrel, fired from the shoulder The soldiers are being taught to shoot with rifles. geweer بُنْدُقِيَّه пушка puška gevær; riffel das Gewehr τουφέκι rifle vintpüss تفنگ kivääri fusil, carabine רוֹבֶה एक प्रकार की बन्दूक puška (s ižlijebljenom cijevi, na zrno) puska senapan riffill fucile, carabina ライフル銃 라이플 총, 소총 šautuvas šautene senapang geweer gevær, rifle karabin espingarda puşcă, carabină винтовка puška puška puška gevär, bössa ปืนยาว tüfek 來福槍 гвинтівка راءفل súng trường 来福枪

v

1 to search (through something) The thief rifled through the drawers. soek, deursoek يُفَتِّش претършувам prohledat gennemsøge durchsuchen ψαχουλεύω hurgar; desvalijar tuhnima زیر و رو کردن penkoa dévaliser לְחַטֵט छीन लेना pretražiti (átkutat és) kirabol mencari-cari leita í frugare, rovistare 探す (약탈할 목적으로) 샅샅이 뒤지다 naršyti pārmeklēt; vandīties (lai laupītu) menyelongkar doorzoeken gjennomsøke, rote gjennom przetrząsać pilhar a scotoci рыться prehádzať brskati brzo pretražiti rota ค้น karıştırmak 搜劫 обшукувати تلاش کرنا lục lọi 搜劫

2 to steal The document had been rifled. steel يَسْرِق обирам ukrást stjæle rauben κλέβω robar varastama دزدیدن؛ دست برد زدن varastaa rafler לִגנוֹב מ- राइफल चलाना opljačkati elrabol mencuri stela rubare 盗む 훔치다 pagrobti nozagt; nolaupīt mencuri stelen stjele; plyndre skraść roubar a fura красть ukradnúť ukrasti ukrasti stjäla, plundra ปล้น çalmak 偷劫 красти لوٹ لینا ăn trộm 偷劫

n rifle-range

a place for rifle practice. skietbaan مَكان للتَّدَرُّب على إطلاق الرَّصاص بالبُنْدُقِيَّه стрелбище střelnice skydebane der Schießstand πεδίο βολής campo de tiro lasketiir محدوده تیر اندازی ampumarata champ/stand de tir מִטווָח राइफल चांदमारी streljana lövölde lapangan tembak skotæfingasvæði/-staður poligono di tiro 射撃場 소총 사격장 šaudykla šautuve kawasan latihan menembak schietbaan skytebane strzelnica campo de tiro poligon de tragere стремление strelnica strelišče strelište gevärs-, skotthåll สถานที่ฝึกปืนยาว atış alanı, poligon 步槍射擊場 тир; стрільбище راءفل کے مشق کی جگہ trường bắn 步枪射击场